The Canadian GP Quiz - The Answers
Wednesday 6 June 2012 16:06, UK
Come this way for the answers to the Sky Sports F1 Canada Quiz.
Feeling confident? Reckon you're in the points? Or on the podium? Or looking at top spot? Tis time to reveal all...
The Canadian Grand Prix is held on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in honour of Jacques Villeneuve's father. But in what year did Jacques win the World Championship?A: 1997. The first F1 race at was then called the Ile Notre-Dame Circuit was held in 1978. We've already given the name away, but who won that year's race?
A: Gilles Villeneuve. 3. Who won the Champ Car race at the circuit in 2006, but was the last classified finisher in the 2008 F1 race?
A: Sebastien Bourdias. 4. Who became the first German manufacturer to win a race since 1962 in the 2008 Canadian GP through Robert Kubica?
A: BMW. 5. What happened to Kubica the previous year?
A: He crashed out after contact with Jarno Trulli and was forced to miss the following United States Grand Prix. 6. The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix was the longest race in F1 history. We'll give you five minutes' leeway if you can tell us how many hours the race took.
A: Four - with the race officially recorded as being four hours, four minutes and 39 seconds long. 7. What happened to Nigel Mansell in the 1991 race?
A: He stopped at the hairpin whilst leading on the last lap to wave to the crowd and stalled the engine, although the official Williams line is that he suffered a late gearbox failure. 8. Who took his first pole position in the 2007 race and followed it up with his first Formula 1 win?
A: Lewis Hamilton. 9. What happened to Anthony Davidson in that race?
A: He was running third when he hit a groundhog, which dropped him to 11th and cost him the first points of his F1 career. 10. What happened at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix for the first time?
A: A safety car was deployed. 11. Why was the finish of the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix noteworthy?
A: It was the first time a race had finished behind a safety car. 12. What is written along the start/finish line in Montreal?
A:'Salut Gilles' - a tribute to the late Gilles Villeneuve. 13. In 2008, what incident put Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen out of the race?
A: Raikkonen stopped at the pitlane exit because of a red light, which Hamilton didn't see and slammed into the back of the Ferrari. 14. In what year was Canada dropped to make space for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?
A: 2009. 15. Name the driver who has won the Canadian Grand Prix the most times?
A: Michael Schumacher, seven times. 16. What team have taken the most victories?
A: Ferrari, with 13 wins. 17. Name three World Champions to have hit the 'Wall of Champions.'
A: Damon Hill in 1999, Michael Schumacher in 1999, Jacques Villeneuve in 1997 and 1999, Jenson Button in 2005, Sebastian Vettel in 2011. 18. What English circuit has created an exact replica of Canada's turn 10 hairpin and named it Montreal?
A: Snetterton. 19. Name one of the other two circuits to have hosted the race.
A: Mosport Park or Circuit Mont-Tremblant. 20. How many Canadians have won the race?
A: One, Gilles Villeneuve in 1978.
